Restore burnt rim?

[tucson]

How would I restore a pipe that has a burnt rim. This is due to my sloppy use of the lighter. Can I sand it a bit and maybe put on a coating of some kind? What would that be? Wax?
Thank you!
Bob

 

[kanada]

is it actually burnt? I find any burnt areas I have on the rim come off with a bit of elbow grease and seem to be more soot than anything.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Yup, a damp rag and some elbow grease will usually do the job. You can also sprinkle a little baking soda on the cloth for a mild abrasive.

 

[fnord]

Tucson:
A cup of very hot coffee and a stack of paper napkins plus elbow grease works wonders for me.
DFDM: I will give the baking soda a try. After all, why not? Anything which simplifies routine pipe maintenance is worth trying.
Once I stopped packing my bowls to the brim, and became more judicious with the lighter's flame, most of those charred rim problems went away. (Maybe drop your fill level an eighth of an inch and see what happens?)
Fnord

 

[newbroom]

I used to work with flat glass and cerium oxide is another fine 'abrasive' that could be used like jewler's rouge or baking soda.

 

[antbauers]

I can't recommend rebornpipes enough. Everything for cleaning rims.
If it's burnt and can't be cleaned. Topping bowls.

 

[jah76]

Great advice. I'll top a bowl without much hesitation and sand the whole pipe. No stain. No wax.
They liked being naked.

 

[condorlover1]

Sheet of glass and jewelers polishing compound. I don't get too many issues with meerschaums in the burnt rim department but I would imagine the briar pipe brigade would suffer quite a lot.

 

[tbradsim1]

Toothpaste, plain old toothpaste is a fine abrasive, got a small scratch out of a Rolex crystal a long time ago. If you sand, put paper on hard surface, grit side up and sand top useing a figure 8 pattern.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Can you provide a photo? Often it's really the wax that is burned and a rag soaked extremely black coffee can often remove this, if it's not complete then you'll know what you are really up against and can use other methods provided.

banjo
Here is an example of my 2 dot Radice Drip Wax with military push type stem. The first photo shows what appears to be a badly scorched area top of the bowl toward the stem.

The second photo was taken after soaking the end of a rag in a condensed cup of Cuban Coffee with a double espresso added to it.

I will add a new application of bees wax later and buff it to ensure it stays happy.

 

[durham270]

Great advice. I'll top a bowl without much hesitation and sand the whole pipe. No stain. No wax.
They liked being naked.

"hear, hear!"

 

[tucson]

I ignorantly used a alcohol based pipe repair fluid on the rim the last couple of times. I may have stripped off the wax.

 

[ejames]

I ignorantly used a alcohol based pipe repair fluid on the rim the last couple of times. I may have stripped off the wax.

Wax will not protect it from burning/scorching. It might help make cleaning the rim easier if it doesn't get burned off. The wax is really not very heat resisitant. What do you use to light your pipes?
What do you mean by an "Alcohol based pipe repair fluid"?

 

[tucson]

I use a Zippo pipe lighter. But my hand does shake. I think a regular Bic may work better for me. The pipe repair fluid helps "repair" sour overused pipes. I use it to clean the inside of pipes that are really dirty. So I thought this would help with blackened rims.

 

[torque]

To be honest that looks like it could use a good reeming alot more than topping. I'd be way more worried about all that cake than I would be about that slight discoloration. Maybe the angle of the camera is playing tricks on my eyes but that looks pretty thick.